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@LovelyPlum: I would be disappointed if I didn't get much from the registry... But I guess I understand that people are excited and just want to buy what they think is cute for your baby? I want to have disclaimer to ask people to please buy off the registry b/c I spend so much time researching for the products!
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Mine was in my second trimester, right around 18 weeks. We got pregnant shortly after moving across the country, so my family through us a shower while we were back visiting over Christmas break. It was the only way we'd get to celebrate with any of our friends/family! There weren't a ton of people there (3 days after Christmas) but everyone who was there was really important to us.
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I was about 34 1/2 weeks. I thought it was a perfect time.
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Mine is tentatively scheduled for 29 weeks. It's early but it's far away (in my hometown) and I don't want to risk being told I can't fly or be so pregnant and uncomfortable that I don't want to sit in the car for 8 hours.
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One was at 31 weeks and one was at 33. I requested to have them no later than 35 and very glad I did. I've been more and more swollen and uncomfortable since that point.
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@snowjewelz: I would be lying if I said that I wasn't a little disappointed, too, because I spent hours and hours on that damn thing. Then, of course, I felt like a giant brat, because of course I was grateful that people wanted to participate in celebrating our baby in any way at all. Truly, it was a rough few days.
I dealt with it in a few ways:
1. Exchange some of the duplicates/less useful things we got for things I knew we'd need.2. Use gift cards for some of the bigger purchases that we didn't get, like our mattress.
3. When people like my FIL, who did not come to the shower, asked what we needed, direct them to one or two pieces of gear that I thought would be very useful and that I had specific opinions about, like our stroller.
4. Prioritize our remaining registry items so as to make our spending money for baby go further. We have a lot we didn't get, but we decided to start with what we knew we would need right away.
5. This was the hardest, but maybe the most important: don't panic! I was so frustrated afterwards, because I didn't see how we would possibly be ready. But two things were true: you don't need everything right away, and it's all just stuff anyways. There is nothing that says I can't continue to add gear after the baby gets here. I was especially worried because I didn't think we'd have that large of a chunk of disposable income to put towards gear right away, but I needn't have worried so much. It doesn't all have to be done at once, and people may surprise you. In the weeks since the shower, several people have asked us what we still needed, and I had a list of things to point them towards. It made life a lot easier!
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Sorry, that was a little off-topic, but I wanted to share my experience with you, @snowjewelz: !
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Mine was at 37 weeks, which I think was too late! That was the only date that worked, however. It all turned out fine because LO didn't come until 41 weeks.
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I think mine will be around 34-35 weeks. It would have been earlier but there were complications. We already have the essentials though, so for us it's really about getting together with family and maybe getting some extras. Looks-wise now (29 weeks) would be perfect!
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I had two showers - one at 32 weeks and the other at 37.5 weeks. I appreciated both, of course, but the timing of the earlier shower was a lot better in terms of knowing what else I needed to prepare for my LO. It was hard to scramble to continue to prepare after the shower at 37.5 weeks.
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I had my big one (family) at 32 weeks. I didn't want it much later than that because I wanted lots of time to pick up the extra stuff we need post-shower, and also because the shower was a few hours away and I didn't know if I'd be comfortable traveling too much later. I had my friends shower at 34 weeks. We also have a shower at my husband's work at 37 weeks, although that is more of a cake and congrats type thing-- I don't expect we'll get very much from that so we're not going to really wait to buy anything until after that.
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32 wks because of family schedules. It was perfect.
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@LovelyPlum: Not at all! Thanks for sharing! It's great that you came up with ways to turn things around instead of just feeling really upset. I think we are all just so into needing to be "ready" but you are so right; we never are 100% ready and it's not like the baby needs every single thing right away!
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had mine at 32 weeks and it gave us just enough time to prepare. plus it's before the belly grows out of control (lol) and it's still a cute bump. towards the end you just get so uncomfy!
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Mine will be at 36 weeks. We're waiting for my mom to fly in, otherwise I would have liked it between 30 and 32.
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@whodat: @snowjewelz: my shower was at 36 weeks 3days
I didn't want it that close because I was too scared that I wouldn't have enough time but it turned out great and I was able to put everything up and finish the little shopping I had left before LO arrived which he came right at 40 weeks on his due date
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@snowjewelz: I only got like 3 things off my registry but it didn't bother me much because I was too impatient to wait on my shower anyway and brought what I knew we would need ahead a time anyways even though it drove DH crazy that I didn't wait but like I told him I wasn't worry because if we had duplicates I would just return and exchange them and in tend end we only had one duplicate item so it all worked out for me
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32 weeks with family, 33 weeks at work.
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@Honeygold89: That is true... I can totally see myself being impatient, and wanting to buy things in case people don't end up getting them! I guess that works as long as your registry is somewhere w/ a good return policy.
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@snowjewelz: yeah I picked Walmart since I had all the big things out if the way and only need small things like blankets, clothes, and the smaller things
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38 weeks
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I was due beginning of August (Aug. 12th), but had my baby shower on June 8th.
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